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The recent experience of my office indicates that notwithstanding Justice Brown’s decision in Re Estate of Dorothy Pearsall...

In a much-anticipated decision, a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada in Fundy Settlement v. Canada (more commonly known as the “Garron” case) upheld the decisions of the Tax Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal...

In Hansen Estate v. Hansen, the Ontario Court of Appeal recently examined the type of conduct or “course of dealing” that may sever a joint tenancy between co-owners of a property and convert it to a tenancy in common.

The 2012 Federal Budget proposes to permit a qualifying family member to become a Registered Disability Savings Plan holder for an adult who may not be able to enter into a contract.

What happens when someone dies and does not provide adequate financial compensation for one or more of his or her dependants?

Norman Otto Hipel (“NOH”) died in 1953. He was survived by his wife, Olive, his son, George, and his daughter, Norma Irene Jacques (the “Plaintiff”).

The mandate of the Ontario Attorney General's Civil Rules Committee is to make recommendations to the Attorney General for rules in relation to civil practice and procedure for the Court of Appeal...

At its meeting on April 11, 2012, the Civil Rules Committee endorsed amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure, Tariff C and prescribed forms relating to estates matters, as proposed by the Estates Subcommittee of the Civil Rules Committee.

A recent Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) ruling emphasizes not only the importance of exercising the price adjustment clause when required, but also the scope of the application of subsection 75(2) of the Income Tax Act (the “Act”) to a typical estate freeze transaction.

At the Estates List Users Committee meeting of December 13, 2011, we were introduced to Justice Kevin Whitaker, who was appointed as the new Lead Administrative Judge of the Estates List effective January 1, 2012. Justice Whitaker replaces Justice Barbara Conway.